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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What property is returned to Frances Grey after her husband is beheaded?

2. In what forest is Bradgate, where Jane and her family live?

3. What languages does Jane study in 1553?

4. Who does Ned compare himself and Katherine to at Whitehall Palace in the spring of 1560?

5. When is Jane tried?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Edward Seymour, the Duke of Somerset visit Jane's family?

2. Why is Jane's mother furious when King Edward names his heir?

3. After Mary is declared queen, who are the only women who remain with Jane?

4. Where is Jane moved after her father-in-law is arrested, and who attends to her?

5. How does Jane describe her studies?

6. How is Frances Grey celebrated in death?

7. What is the last thing Katherine receives from Jane and why does it upset her?

8. What is the family's country estate like at Bradgate?

9. How does Guilford spend time with Jane when she is at Chelsea?

10. One afternoon why does Mary Sidney come for Jane?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frances Grey is Jane, Katherine, and Mary’s mother. How would you describe the relationship that Frances had with her daughters? Why did her daughters not feel close to her?

Essay Topic 2

Jane is made queen by her father and other powerful men. How was Jane betrayed and abandoned by the people who tried to put her in power?

Essay Topic 3

Katherine becomes friends with Janey Seymour. How do Katherine and Janey become friends? What type of relationship do they have? Why does Janey’s death devastate Katherine?

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